📖LearnModule 1 · Lesson 27 of 30Basic User · CEFR A1, first halfUnit 6 · My week, my likes
Me gusta — saying what you like
Module 1 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A1, first half), lesson 27 of 30: Me gusta el chocolate — I like chocolate. On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
me gusta
I like (one thing)
meh GOOS-tah
me gustan
I like (several things)
meh GOOS-tahn
no me gusta
I do not like
noh meh GOOS-tah
¿te gusta…?
do you like…?
teh GOOS-tah
el chocolate
the chocolate
ehl choh-koh-LAH-teh
el helado
the ice cream
ehl eh-LAH-doh
el pastel
the cake
ehl pahs-TEHL
la música
the music
lah MOO-see-kah
el deporte
the sport
ehl deh-POHR-teh
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La regla · The rule
Me gusta el chocolate — I like chocolate. One thing pleasing you: me gusta. Several: me gustan los perros. The verb agrees with the THING, not with you — treat it as a two-slot pattern for now.
Y también · And also
Liking takes the whole category WITH its article: Me gustan LOS gatos, never me gustan gatos. The negative arrives ready-made: no me gusta. Ask a friend: ¿Te gusta el helado?
Ojo · Watch out
gusta or gustan — count the liked thing: me gusta el lunes, me gustan los perros. And the noun keeps its article: me gusta el chocolate, never me gusta chocolate.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with me gusta.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 27 in Module 1 are the written half of this page.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.